What To Do About Medicaid’s Long-Term Care Benefit?

Policymakers will have to decide among four basic LTSS models: Medicaid; Medicare; public insurance; or leaving people and ...
JD Supra

CMS Announces Its First Home- and Community-Based Service Quality Measure Set

On July 21, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released its first-ever nationally standardized Home- and Community-Based Services (“HCBS”) quality measure set to encourage ...
McKnight's Senior Living

Potential national implications loom as judge sends New Hampshire Medicaid HCBS case to trial

The outcome of a state disability rights case could have implications for how states administer Medicaid home- and ...
Modern Healthcare

Biden pushes for home health Medicaid coverage, $400 billion in funding

Advocates have pushed for changes to the HCBS program for decades, arguing that the current structure of the Medicaid program favors institutionalizing aging adults and people with disabilities over ...
Health Affairs

A Strategic Vision for Medicaid And The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Protecting and strengthening Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a critical priority for the Biden-Harris Administration. Medicaid and CHIP provide essential health care ...
The Hill

Congress has again failed people with disabilities — we need bipartisan legislation now

When the Senate unveiled its reconciliation package in August, service providers for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) were stunned to see additional funding for the ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Predicting Nursing Home Placement Among Home- and Community-Based Services Program Participants

The authors developed a model to identify participants in a home- and community-based services program who are at highest risk for long-term nursing home placement. Several states offer publicly ...